Pakistan cabinet approves reopening of NATO supply routes

Pakistan cabinet approves reopening of NATO supply routes

Pakistan's cabinet on Wednesday approved the resumption of supplies to NATO troops through Pakistan after a suspension of more than seven months, DPA reported.

The shipments were discontinued in November after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed by a NATO airstrike in the north-western tribal region along the Afghan border.

"The cabinet endorsed the decision of DCC [Defence Committee of the Cabinet] to reopen NATO supply routes and also appreciated the deliberations of the participants of the DCC," a government statement said.

The cabinet convened after senior political and military leaders agreed Tuesday to end the ban on supplies to international troops in landlocked Afghanistan.

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